Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Scheduling software handles multiple factories

Scheduling software has a fast, multi-line order promising capability that can handle real-time interrogation of live schedules in multiple production locations to optimise capacity.
Preactor International continues its global strategy of providing innovative scheduling solutions with the launch of Collaborative Enterprise Scheduling. Designed to meet the growing scheduling requirements of today's manufacturing companies, this technology is also being simultaneously introduced into the US. Collaborative Enterprise Scheduling will be available via an existing upgrade route in version 9.2 of Preactor APS and also through a new solution entitled Preactor Enterprise.

Preactor APS 9.2 includes a fast, multi-line order promising capability that can handle real-time interrogation of live schedules in multiple production locations to optimise capacity utilization and on-time deliveries.

Preactor Enterprise is a solution for companies who wish to roll out Preactor APS and Preactor Supply Chain Scheduling (SCS) across an enterprise and retain the control of the configuration, rules and interaction allowed at each plant.

The package comes with 10 Preactor Run-time licenses that can be installed either as Master Scheduling Systems or Supply Chain Servers.

The solutions are first created and compiled on the Preactor Enterprise System, then passed to the user of the Run-Time system.

Also on display will be a long term Capacity Planning system driven by forecast demand that can be used to compute the required production and manage stock levels based on target stock/days of cover.